Meanings
submachine1
nounsubmachine (plural submachines)
plural submachines
- A machine forming part of a larger machine.
- computerA part of a real or virtual machine which acts as a machine in its own right.
In the same computation, the computer may be decomposed repeatedly and the partitioning may vary from one split to the other. The submachines can further recursively decompose […]
1999, Martin Beran, “Decomposable Bulk Synchronous Parallel Computers”, in SOFSEM '99: Theory and Practice of Informatics, →ISBN, page 351
submachine2
adjectivesubmachine (not comparable)
- not comparableOf or pertaining to a submachine gun.
The body of one of the dead crewmen bounced and rolled a little as the submachine rounds ripped into it.
2003, Milt Bearden, James Risen, The Main Enemy, →ISBN, page 244
Origin
submachine · noun
- Latinsub
- Latinsub-
- Englishsub-
- Middle Frenchmachine
- Englishmachine
- Englishsubmachine
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APA
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MLA
“submachine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/submachine. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
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